Tag: awkward

  • Stalk Photo

    Stalk Photo

    So imagine you’re at work while your spouse is keeping track of your children when an unknown number texts you a photo of one of your children without a clear location-identifying background or other people in it and no context.

  • Know Your Audience

    Know Your Audience

    On the plus side, my kids’ hearing has been fine so far. Which means they have been tuning me out with a mental rather than physical filter.

  • Snack SNAFU

    Snack SNAFU

    Another time during the summer another mom was thinking about how nice it would be if the snack parent brought popsicles! …then as the game ended she realized that she was the snack parent.

  • Stand Up Guy

    Stand Up Guy

    But then, as I was reminded last week: the shorter you are the more places you can hide in for hide-and-seek.

  • Grant Me Patience

    Grant Me Patience

    The being-an-established-couple-at-a-wedding struggle is real. My kid wasn’t the only one asking the awkward questions, just the youngest.

  • Kindred Spirits

    Kindred Spirits

    Even though we were strangers, I feel like we could have a lot in common. But I’m still glad we’re never going to meet again.